Chitin and lignin. Natural ingredients from waste materials to make innovative and healthy products for humans and plant [PDF]
, 2017 In a globalized world, plants are continually cut to obtain free land for intensive farming without remembering their important function in the planet ecosystem.
Morganti, Pierfrancesco, Stoller, Marco
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Cellulosic materials as biopolymers and supercritical CO2as a green process: chemistry and applications [PDF]
, 2012 In this review, we describe the use of supercritical CO2 (scCO2) in several cellulose applications. The focus is on different technologies that either exist or are expected to emerge in the near future.
Camy, Séverine +2 more
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Annals of 3D Printed MedicineBackground: 3DP has emerged as an innovative technology in various industries, including pharmaceuticals and food. Notably, food waste is a useful resource for 3DP in drug delivery applications, helping to meet sustainability goals by recycling ...
Sejal Porwal +6 more
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Mitigating Food Protein Allergenicity with Biopolymers, Bioactive Compounds, and Enzymes
AllergiesThis review explores strategies for mitigating food allergies by treating foods with biopolymers, bioactive compounds, and food-grade enzymes. Biopolymers like chitosan, alginate, and pectin show potential in reducing the allergenic properties of food ...
Moslem Sabaghi, Soheila J. Maleki
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Optimization of Anthocyanin Extraction from Saffron Petals with Response Surface Methodology [PDF]
, 2016 Optimum extraction conditions of anthocyanins from petals of saffron (Crocus sativus) using acidified ethanol as the solvent were revealed. The investigated factors were solvent to sample ratio (20:1–80:1), ethanol concentration (%), extraction ...
Ghorbani, M. +4 more
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Applications of Nanomaterials on a Food Packaging System—A Review
Engineering ProceedingsIn recent years, there has been a significant focus on replacing non-biodegradable materials with eco-friendly biodegradable food packaging materials. The use of biopolymers in packaged foods has been adopted to address environmental issues, given their ...
V. Siva Shankar +4 more
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Journal of Agriculture and Food ResearchFood packaging is vital for protecting food from contamination and extending shelf life. The reliance on synthetic plastics raises significant environmental concerns as much of this waste ends up in landfills and ecosystems.
Bekinew Kitaw Dejene
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Mesoscale modelling of polymer aggregate digestion
, 2019 We use mesoscale simulations to gain insight into the digestion of biopolymers by studying the break-up dynamics of polymer aggregates (boluses) bound by physical cross-links.
Doostmohammadi, Amin +3 more
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Investigation of the Water-retaining Capacity of the Carbohydrate Complex of Rye-wheat Dough with Addition of Polyfunctional Food Supplement “Magnetofооd” [PDF]
, 2018 Today in Ukraine the share of low-quality bakery products is near 20–25 %, because they often don\u27t correspond to quality standards and sanitary norms, because of being produced of flour with low bakery properties. That is why new raw material sources,
Alexandrov, A. (Alexandr) +4 more
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Unlocking Nature’s Building Blocks: Emerging Advances in Chitin and Collagen Research
PolysaccharidesChitin and collagen—two of nature’s most abundant structural biopolymers—continue to inspire breakthrough innovations in materials science, biomedicine, food engineering, food packaging, and environmental sustainability [...]
Azizur Rahman
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